It used to be 15% was considered appropriate when I was a kid and there's no rational explanation for why it's increased. The economy is just fucking broken
I had a server approach me after we tipped 15% and said “was there something wrong? Because I didn’t get the tip I was supposed to get?”
Excuse me? Supposed to get? It’s a TIP, it’s not guaranteed, or (to be totally honest) usually deserved for the quality of service. You refilled our drinks once, and brought our food out. Cool, you did your fucking job. Why am supposed to give you extra money for doing literally the bare minimum that is expected of you in your role as a server?
Just the other day, my husband and I splurged and got takeout. He went to go pick it up, and the front staff was like passively aggressive about him leaving a tip. For a takeout order! It's honestly getting out of hand.
I got a big attitude from a place once where I ordered a takeout order online and only tipped 10%. Tbh, I already felt generous tipping 10% for a to-go order
Tips for takeout should be reserved for local businesses where you have been going for years and know the owner's kids' names. Everyone else gets 0-5%, mostly 0%.
This actually really bothers me every time I go to a bakery to buy bread, or order pick up/takeout/take away food and the option is on the card reader for tipping - with suggested options up to 25% sometimes! Admittedly, I sometimes/usually would tip for take out orders during COVID, but it was in the spirit of "all pulling together" since it was obvious restaurants and wait staff were hit hard during covid. It seems greedy that it's now become automatically expected. In some places, I've heard the tips can be taken by the restaurant owner to be distributed how they see fit rather than the funds all going to the wait staff. I don't know if this is true, but if it is, it makes me even more aggravated about the situation and even less likely to tip when picking up food to eat at home. I just traveled to Australia last month, and the lack of pressure at time of payment in restaurants and shops was remarkably refreshing.
I don’t ever tip for takeout. I’m doing the work, and therefore I don’t need to tip. If someone has a problem with that, then I’ll never buy food from that place and let everyone know about the issue. Realistically this isn’t necessary because I can’t afford to eat out anyway except on rare occasions. I suspect I’m not the only one either. The restaurant owners have succeeded in pricing out many of their customers.
I picked up a pizza and got that same ish at the tip screen. Honestly made me not want to get a pizza there again. Not to mention they keep raising the price up 10-20% every few months.
Growing up in the 80s I remember hearing 10-15% was the norm, depending on quality of service. It's ridiculous that the % has gone up and morons argue it's due to inflation, seemingly not knowing how percentages work.
I was a server/waiter/bartender in the '80s. Standard dinner tip was 15%. 20% meant you really kicked ass for your people. Anything above that meant they were pretty drunk and you had made sure they never had an empty glass.
I was recently reading a book from the early 60s in which the characters briefly discussed tipping. One of them mentioned that 10% is expected. I was shocked. I didn't realize that 10% was normal once upon a time.
I do remember when 20% was the highest you were ever expected to go, and that somehow became the lowest acceptable percentage.
Servers hourly pay in NYS is still $2.06/hour. Employers are "supposed" to make up the difference to minimum wage if the server falls short but we can all guess how often that happens.
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u/EmeraldDream123 Aug 28 '24
Suggested Tips 20-25%?
Is this normal in the US?